Jessica Savitch Interview with Bill Boggs

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[@petulia67]

This interview shows how intelligent and articulate she was and makes me sadder about her early demise.

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

Jessica Savitch is still one of the best anchors, interviewees, and reporters ever to grace TV. A tragic ending to what was a great career and could have gone on for decades. Still my favorite. Forever and a day.

[@mainmast8955]

still hurts. grace is the word. and so it goes.

[@johnnyreed8537]

Jessica was so insightful, informative, intelligent and interesting. She left us much too soon...

[@Loveinthe808]

WoW...I can't believe it's almost 40 years since her passing! What a role model for young women. Had she lived, television would have taken a different direction. And her talking about an upstart "CNN" and the beginning of a new PBS series "Frontline"....blows my mind.

[@jimb3093]

I remember her broadcasts as a kid. Interesting interview and to see her in a different light. I hope her soul is in heaven.

[@MarlaLukofsky7]

And I want to add that this is the best interview I have ever seen of Jessica Savitch so Bill Boggs did his job and well.

[@creamcheese1048]

So was Ms. Savage.

[@pupppt]

I love her voice.

[@kingtungstenworldwide4472]

She really was one of the best, with high standards, and the courage to carry it out. It will always be a tragedy to lose her so soon, but thankful she did this book and shared her perspectives in interviews because of it.

[@jamw8022]

Jessica, as beautiful and smart and talented as she was, had a problem with drugs and alcohol. That ages a person. That said. she was always my idol, because of her I went to college to get my broadcast journalism degree.

[@bufnyfan1]

her personal life-including an abusive relationship and the death of her second husband from suicide also took its toll as well

[@creamcheese1048]

Thank you for posting this. This woman should be remembered. Thank you again.

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

Yes, remembered as a cautionary tale...

[@muffs55mercury61]

Jessica was a good journalist and would not like what the mainstream media has become had she been alive today to see it. Remember her newscasts well.

[@S955US84]

Jessica is very articulate and attractive here and handles all the questions with dignity and reserve.

[@xennial80sxberner]

Jessica was only about 35 (if this was 1982 or 83). It's not so much her looks, but she presented and carried herself very wise and "adult" which just made her seem WAY older, like a classy sophisticated 55 year old. Its hard for me to imagine women my age today looking like this lol

[@ginseattle]

She was a terrific anchor and reporter. Left us far too soon.

[@edwinescobar9022]

She was very sharp. Sad loss.

[@lablaine1981]

We still miss you jessica...❤️from MN 🥶

[@rivaridge7211]

Jessica was brilliant and I well recall being a huge fan of the PBS program "Frontline" which she hosted in the early 1980's.

[@JCNDCIII]

40 years ago today. RIP, Jess.

[@Ilostmyfob]

I admire her.... what a brain. I remember and miss her.

[@paulwalker1443]

what a great talent, lost too early.

[@triciajohansen7124]

I always liked Jessica Savitch as an anchor woman. Reported the story, she did not put her own spin on it. Get the story and she did! RIP Ms. Savitch and Shalom🙏😪✡❤

[@danielc1978]

Good interview; both come off as intelligent, and I would never guess what Savitch was going through at the time. She seems confident, self-aware, intentional and articulate (as opposed to some views of her critics)....

[@Billboggs]

Thank you for watching, Bill

[@julesrandolph5687]

Fascinating. Thanks for posting!

[@anitalavey1465]

Brilliant

[@TananBaboo]

“Happily ever after is a maybe.....”

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Her dog chewey was also killed in that accident. Sadly his paw prints were on the roof of the car interior. He survived as there was an air pocket and the dog tried to escape out of the upside down car

[@kevinmalone3210]

Bill Boggs looks like actor Ron Perlman.

[@felpin]

Boggs looks Jeff conaway.

[@edwardjames50]

You write moron.

[@hhhh-xb9py]

I thought same thing!

[@7beers]

@@hhhh-xb9py me too

[@flipperhansen5600]

I was 12 when she died and I was a serious news nerd and a turned on little kid. I’d watch her every chance I got because I thought she was beautiful, which she is. But until today after looking her up due to these videos, I had no clue she was 36. Still a looker, but she seriously looks like she’s in her early to mid 50’s. So sad though the way she died. Must have been so frightening.

[@JCNDCIII]

Such a great interview. And when Jessica talked about her late husband that was revealing. It's sad to know she was not ok and continued to destroy her life. Tragic that she seemed to have turned that corner after the Digest breakdown only to die in the car accident shortly after. "We all thought.... we would get our ticket stamped validated happily ever after." 05:27 So true. Just breaks my heart for her. Still optimistic that her love life would come through. But then a few months later she's dead.Her clinical response about her second husbands dead is sad. Not like that these days when people put it all out there.

[@Ma_Ba]

Trying to put a date to this interview. It had to have been between when Anchorwoman was published in 1982 and when Jessica Savitch died - October 1983 at 36, drowned as a passenger in a car driven off the road.

[@thunderlightning1980]

Late 1982. She was about to do Frontline in 1983 of January.

[@Ma_Ba]

@@thunderlightning1980 Aw.

[@seventiesmemories5116]

Fantastic that he has all of these - plus had the smarts to get the rights at the time..

[@seventiesmemories5116]

She is so intelligent, fantastic, and ahead of her time.

[@creamcheese1048]

@@seventiesmemories5116 ditto

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

She was a childless busy-body. What a real waste of human spirit.

[@jello2199]

she really is brilliant....feel like the weight of being a pioneer was way too much for her

[@creamcheese1048]

No it was not !

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

She was a selfish, self-seeking coke bich

[@Zaxxi5]

She looks like Lisa Hartman

[@teeniebeenie8774]

she kicked his ass

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

Bill Boggs stepped over the line asking about Jessica’s husbands suicide. How dare you? What an insensitive awful question. At the same time Boggs was flirting with Jessica. No shame

[@michaelcait2935]

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[@michaelcait2935]

Where exactly in the southern US did she come from. What kind of controversial programs was she running that it is thought caused or resulted in her death.

[@beasleybrother1]

Perhaps Bill was flirting with Jessica to date and to “save?” He probably heard the stories and also may have had a crush on her

[@Ma_Ba]

Frontline continued to be an interesting production on PBS.

[@jimb3093]

I still watch Frontline.

[@chadsoard2640]

She was very smart and pretty!

[@ballofwax9yards]

Good answers.

[@thunderlightning1980]

This is 1982. This was before Frontline that debut in 1983.

[@jimmyh7822]

She set the standard for every female journalist on television. If she had lived I think she'd be in the same status as Barbara Walters. Died way too young.

[@creamcheese1048]

Ms. Savage broke walls for many women.

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

She was a horrible human being! Always see on TV is a character. It's not the real person and people who knew her best certainly had a lot to say about what she was really like.

[@TananBaboo]

She didn’t think there would be a 1 hour slot for news. Ow there is 24/7 news....

[@chrisoakley5830]

She was right tho, 24/7 news has been a disaster for the world.

[@ald668]

A woman, who was great at what she did and it was weird how she talked about the plumber's wife dying in a car accident, when she died in a car accident.

[@sdnewsom4985]

Another thing that I found very weird about this interview was shortly before 1 minute and 42 seconds. Jessica Savitch says "This is the when you stop beating your wife question folks" moment, and smiles as if this is something very normal to say in an interview. That moment for me, I literally said, What The Fuck? If she really went through being beating by any man, or drugs, that's nothing to smile about, SERIOUSLY. When she said this, it made me look at her sideways, like lady you need some help. Domestic violence, abuse of any kind is nothing to smile about. That's a horrible thing to say, especially when you're being asked questions about your career.

[@marigold7250]

@@sdnewsom4985 I think she meant if someone asked you when you stopped beating your wife and you answered, any answer you give would sound like you are admitting it's true. She was comparing it to the question he asked about being pretty, it was a weird comparison, but her point was about the way the question was phrased.

[@dirkdarwin2571]

Lay off her looks people. A lot has to do with the hairstyle, clothing choice and makeup. She really tried to look mature, due to her profession. If you see a few photos of her when she was relaxing at the time, she looks like any other 36 year old lady. Sure, she did a few drugs, but seriously it's more the styling that ages her here.

[@adamwaller9935]

When did this air? Must have been close to when she passed

[@SillyLittleMunky]

She looked much older than 36.

[@creamcheese1048]

what does her age have to do with anything ?

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

Agreed. I thought she was sixty! Prob all the self induced stress and the large quantities of 'bugger sugar' she snorted up her nose! Plus the undeserved man-hate.

[@xennial80sxberner]

@@creamcheese1048 It's just interesting sociologically to compare differences between then and now. I don't think the OP was being disrespectful, it's simply true that people seemed to age faster/seem much older in the 80s. She carried herself very "adult" and wise. I'm around that age now and watching this if I were to meet her I'd view her as an elder

[@chadsoard500]

If You notice,everyone who lived back then looked older than they appear now at the age of 35.It was true of everyone not just Jessica Savitch!!!People also didn't live as long back then.I think the life expectancy was like 75...

[@thunderlightning1980]

She was 35 that time. That was late 1982 (October or December 1982) I believe. She was just about to do Frontline on January 20th, 1983.

[@randiricci5620]

RiP:JessicaSavitch

[@FoodForThought356]

Sounds and looks a little like a poor man's 80's Will Ferrell

[@edwardjames50]

And Joe, you write like a schmuck.

[@Ilostmyfob]

Leslie Stahl is someone that reminds me of her.

[@gaykid80]

Well Bill Boggs was certainly attractive... what did he do after this?

[@creamcheese1048]

I wish you could get the movie about her. Sela Ward played Ms. Savage. Does anyone know where to get it ?

[@DanielSwartfiguer]

Gawd, I hope not!

[@truthseekeralways7050]

She was Progressive ❤R.i.P Jessica Savitch 🌱🌿🕊🕊🕊

[@DonQwantsyou]

any relation to wade?

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload..Is it me Or does she always made things about gender ?? XD

[@johnstubbe3113]

at the time I said they are going to kill her to stop the stories she was running on Frontline (I was a huge fan) , she was on a huge story when she had that strange car wreck . And her husband maybe a warning shot.

[@joemartines3545]

What kind of stories?

[@okrkyokrky]

damn shame how she went out. car fallin into a towpath upside down. couldnt escape

[@mikeodonnell6799]

Jessica died at age 35? she looks 50.

[@susanb2015]

When news and news anchors were normal. She does Not look 50.

[@opticscolossalandepicvideo4879]

She did a lot of things people did in the 70s. Drugs and excess. She was always singled out for many wrong reasons. She became the poster girl if partying Bill Boggs for example certainly did as much drugs and excess as Jessica. Any professional in 1970s did those things. He knows it too.

[@AWiz-lx8lh]

If I’m Not Mistaken, I Would Say Bill Had a Crush On Jessica. Observe the Ends Hand Shake. He Prolongs His While Jessica Breaks Away. Just Before, He States In an Almost Regretful Way How Their Paths Almost Crossed at The Old Station. It is My Observance That Jessica Appears to Be A Cold Fish. But I Do Not Say This With Any Animosity. The Causes and Effects Of Her Own Decision Making have Manifested Tolls In Her Life. Right Out the Gate Of Life. Just As All Of Our Choices Find Us in Our Future Reality. No. If He Had a Crush, I Would Say He Was Saved. I Believe Human Souls Are Immortal and One Day, When Both These Souls Are Ready, They Will Cross.

[@65motowngirl]

She doesn’t look all that great here. Is she much older in this interview?

[@jamesdean6478]

she looks alittle like leigh remine

[@Ma_Ba]

Did you intend to refer to Lee Remick?

[@marigold7250]

@@Ma_Ba I think they meant Leah Remini, but you're right she looks more like Lee Remick

[@Ma_Ba]

@@marigold7250 Glad you know Lee Remick.

[@marigold7250]

@@Ma_Ba Sure do, she was beautiful and a good actress, another one that died too young.

[@Ma_Ba]

@@marigold7250 Do you feel like having a back and forth on any? Also, there's a lovely channel on movies and actress history and criticism called BeKindRewind you may like on yt.

[@jamesdean6478]

she like 34 or 35 here prolly she looks like 48. hes like 40 or 41 he looks over 50 people look old im gonna look younger than both of tjem when im 70 😂

[@MrAitraining]

Bill always looked young to me. As for Jessica, Alcohol and pills will age you

[@creamcheese1048]

so what ?

[@xennial80sxberner]

The host doesn't look too old, probably like how a typical 45 year old guy looked in the 80s. Jessica did absolutely NOT look 35 though I agree, more like 50 and I don't mean that as an insult, but everyone just seemed so adult then lol

[@manofiske3318]

...while writing, speaking and expressing yourself like a 3 year old

[@Nohandle2500]

I met this lovely woman in Philadelphia in 1981. I was a professional athlete for a Philly based team. I was asked to attend a charity event she was MCing. She asked for my # , we chatted a couple of times on the phone & decided to meet for dinner. That began a brief but intense affair. I was your typical athlete & took advantage of my status to be with many women. Many. She took me to places no other woman could. We became obsessed with each other. However, she had a hard time with being away with the team & she hated that women would approach me in front of her. We both decided it wasn’t going to work but remained friends until that fateful accident. I love you my Jess.